AS400 Job Trends in the Midlands

IBM AS/400
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited AS400 over the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 223 266
Rank change year-on-year -43 +43 -42
Permanent jobs citing AS400 11 8 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.070% 0.14% 0.054%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.30% 0.35% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 1
10th Percentile £48,750 - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £32,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -27.78% -8.16%
75th Percentile £57,500 £33,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £62,500 - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +66.67% -18.18% -

All Generic Skills
Midlands

AS400 falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,699 2,277 2,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.49% 41.26% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,332 1,149 1,010
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -16.67% +2.86%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,400 £65,452
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,875
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -4.00%

AS400
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AS400 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

AS400 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

AS400
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing AS400.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing AS400

AS400
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -35 11 £55,000 +69.23%
AS400
England

AS400
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Db2
General
1 9 (81.82%) Manufacturing
2 4 (36.36%) Retail
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 9 (81.82%) RPG Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) EDI
2 4 (36.36%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (36.36%) iSeries
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (18.18%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Clean Code
2 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (36.36%) Logistics
2 4 (36.36%) SDLC
3 2 (18.18%) API Integration
3 2 (18.18%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (18.18%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (18.18%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) RPG
2 6 (54.55%) RPG IV
2 6 (54.55%) SQL
3 5 (45.45%) RPG III
4 4 (36.36%) C#
4 4 (36.36%) RPG/400
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) IBM